Harness-saddle-supporting pad.



No. 683,699. Patented Oct. 1,1901.

H. MORRIS HARNESS SADDLE SUPPORTING PAD. (Application filed Dec. 1 9, ISDOJ (No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY MORRIS, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

HARNESS-SADDLE-SUPPORTING PAD.

$PEGIFIGATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 683,699, dated October 1, 1901.

Application filed December 19, 1900. Serial No. 40,429. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY MORRIS, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Adjustable Pad for Harness-Saddles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improved adjustable pad for harness-saddles adapted to support a harness-saddle above and out of contact with a sore or galled portion of the back of a horse and prevent the harness-saddle from rubbing and injuring the same; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a harness-saddle pad embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same, showing the manner in which it is used in connection with a harness-saddle to support the latter above a sore or gall on a horses back. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional View taken on a plane indicated by the line Ct a of Fig. 2.

In the embodiment of my invention I pro -vide an arched rod 1, which is bent substantiallyin the form here shown and is provided at its center with an offset portion 2, with which is engaged a loop 3, that depends therefrom. The offset 2 prevents the said loop from slipping on the arched rod. I further provide a pair of pads 4, which may be of any suitable construction and are adapted to bear on the back of a horse. Each of the said pads is provided on its outer side with a pair of loop-straps 5, provided with suitable buckles 6, as shown. Secured to the outer portion of each of said pads is a transverselydisposed bar 7, one end of which projects from the front side of the pad, is upturned, as at 8, and provided with an eye 9 to receive one of the arms of the arched rod 1. Thereby the arched rod 1, which connects the pads, is disposed on the front sides thereof out of the way of the saddle, which latter rests upon the pads. The eyes 9 of said bars 7 are pro vvided with thumb-screws 10, by means of which the pads may be clamped to the arched rod at any desired point.

It will be understood from the foregoing description and by reference to the drawings on the opposite sides of the back of a horse" at any desired point.

In operation my improved device serves to support the harness-saddle above the back of the horse, the harness-saddle resting on the pads 4, being secured thereon bythe loopstraps 5, and the check-hook the saddle being engaged with the loop 3.

In Fig. 2 of the drawings the position of the harnesssaddle has been indicated at A in dotted lines, B representing the hook engaged with the loop 3. The latter being supported at an elevated position by the arched rod serves to support the central portion of the saddle at a distance above and entirely out of contact with the horses back, the contour of which is indicated in said Fig. 2 by the dotted line C.

It will be understood from the foregoing that my improved pad is effective in supporting a harness-saddle above and out of contact with the galled or sore portion of a horses back and that by the use of my improved pad a horse may be kept at work while a sore or gall on his back is being cured.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. A harness saddle supporting device comprising a pair of pads, on which the harness-saddle rests, an arched rod connectingsaid pads and disposed on one side thereof, out of the way of the saddle, and means to connect the latter to said arched rod, said arched rod serving to support the central portion of the saddle, substantially as described.

2. A harness saddle supporting device comprising a pair of pads on which the saddle rests, an arched rod connecting said pads and disposed out of the way of the saddle, said pads being adjustable on said arched rod, and means to connect the latter to a harness-saddle, said arch-bar serving to support the central portion of the saddle, substan tially as described.

3. A harness saddle supporting device comprising a pair of pads, on which the saddle rests, bars projecting from one side of said pads, an arched rod engaged by said bars, whereby said pads are adjustably conneeted to said rod, and whereby the latter is In testimony that I claim the foregoing as disposed on one side of said pads, out of the my own I have hereto affixed my signature in way of the saddle, means to secure the sadthe presence of two witnesses.

die on said pads, and means to connect the HARRY MORRIS. 5 central portion of the saddle to the central Witnesses:

portion of the arched rod, substantially as THOMAS C. BLAKE,

described. G. P. ORESSY. 

